Microsoft and Google are among the tech giants who are urging Georgia Governor Nathan Deal to veto a proposed state law that would make unauthorized computer access a crime punishable by up to a year in prison.

The budget bill before Congress includes an update to federal law that makes clear that authorities with a warrant can obtain emails and other data held by American technology companies but stored on servers overseas.

With a pleasant-sounding name and acronym, the CLOUD Act stands for Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data, but human rights groups take a far less sunny view of the bill than the tech giants pushing for its passage through Congress.

The University of Tennessee Research Foundation claims Amazon, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Oracle and SAP infringed on its patents for parallel processing and high-performance database design, which are used for storing DNA profiles.

A class of Illinois PC users claims upgrading to the new Windows 10 operating system destroyed their hard drive or caused them to lose data, forcing them to either buy a new computer or pay for repairs.

A federal judge Wednesday refused to dismissMicrosoft’s constitutional lawsuit against the Department of Justice for prohibiting tech companies from telling customers when the government reads their emails and other data.

A former professional wrestler who played just one game with the Philadelphia Eagles, Lenwood Hamilton is something of a local legend in Philadelphia. He claims in court that the makers of “Gears of War” stole his likeness for the blockbuster video game.

Two Microsoft employees who had to watch “horrific images” of murder, child pornography and bestiality as part of their “online safety” job have sued the company after developing post-traumatic stress disorder.